Pipe connection.



WitilebQeQ I No. 872,169. PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907. H. CLAYTON.

PIPE CONNECTION.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 16,1908.

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PIPE CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1907'.

Application filed May 15.1906. Serial No. 317,038.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT CLAYTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe Connections, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in pipe connections, and pertainsmore particularly to connecting a pipe to a spigot or faucet.

The object of my invention is to provide a connection of this character,which is adapted to fit faucets of different sizes, and in which a tightconnection therewith is at all times obtained, and in which a tightconnection between the tube and the coupling is also obtained. Theconstruction and arrangement of parts is such that each and all of theparts may be readily removed for replacing any worn out part.

Another object of my invention is to provide a more simple, cheap andeffective device of this character which may be readily and easilyattached to faucets of different sizes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is aperipective view of myimproved connection. 'ig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3,is an end view of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents my improved connectionwhich, as shown, is in the form of a socket which is provided at one endwith the inwardly-curved, contracted portion 2 terminating in anelongated neck portion 3, the walls of which are slightly converging orat a slight angle with the walls of the socket. The end of said neckportion is provided with a slight inwardlyturned flange 4, the purposeof which will be hereinafter more fully described. The outer end of thesocket is also provided with an inwardly-turned annular flange 5.

My device as will be understood, is for making a water-tight connectionbetween a rubber tube and a faucet, without the use of threads, so thatthe same may be readily cou led or uncoupled, and is more especiallydesigned to be used in connection with a portable shower bath. Thesocket forms, as shown and described, a tight connection between thetube' and the socket, and also with thefaucet or other source of watersupply. The rubber tube or pipe 6 is of a diameter less than that of thedistance between the annular flange 4. of the neck, and extends throughthe socket.

Inserted in the end of the pipe is a thimblc 7 which is of a sizeslightly greater than the tube, andsaid tube is expanded over the sameand forms, as shown in Fig. 2, an en larged portion which, when thethimble is forced into the socket, abuts against the flange 4 and locksthe pipe securely on the thimble and prevents the pipe from passing outof the socket. The tube forms, as' seen in Fig. 2, a water tight jointwith the neck of the coupling.

lhe thnnble, as shown, is formed wlth an lutwardly-extending flange 8which rests upon the contracted portion of the socket, and forms a basefor the rubber gasket 9. The said gasket is, as shown, of an elongatedform to snugly fit within the socket, between the flange 8 of thethimble and the flange 5 of the socket, and firmly held therein by theflange. The gasket is provided with an opening 10 therethrough, andwhich is of a size approximately that of the ordinary faucet, and thesame is forced over the faucet. The said gasket is provided withelongated recesses 11 starting at the outer end and extending adjacentthe inner end. The said openings, as shown, are arranged equal distancesapart, and extend entirely around the central opening and form a moreflexible gasket, which allows a greater expansion thereof, yet theopenings only extending par tially through the gasket perform the samefunction as a solid gasket to form a watertight joint.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A resilient expansible coupling comprising a resilient gasket havinga longitudinal open ended passage, and means for connecting one end ofthe passage with a pipe, the gasket provided with longitudinal openingsoutside of the wall of the said longitudinal passage, whereby the outerend of the passage is adapted to be expanded to receive a pipe ofrelatively larger diameter.

2. A resilient expansible coupling comprising a resilient gasket havinga longitudinal open-ended passage, and means for connecting one end ofthe passage with the pipe, the gasket having longitudinal openingslocated outside of the wall of the passage, and extending inward fromthe outer end of the gasadapted to be expanded to receive a pipe ofrelatively larger diameter.

8. The combination with a socket, of a gasket therein, and havinglongitudinal recesses therein, and means for securing a tube within saidsocket.

4. The combination with a socket, of a gasket therein, and havinglongitudinal recesses surrounding the opening in the gasket, and meansfor securing a tube within said socket.

5. A resilient expansible coupling comprising a resilient gasket havinga longitudinal open end, passage, means for connecting one end of thepassage with a pipe, the gasket provided with longitudinal openings orrecesses between the passage and the outer face of the gasket, wherebythe said passage is .adapted to be expanded to receive a pipe ofrelatively larger diameter..

6. A resilient expansible coupling, comprising a resilient gasket havinga longitudinal open end passage, a socket receiving the gasket forconnecting one end of the passage with a pipe, the gasket provided withlongitudinal openings or recesses between the passageway and the socket,whereby the said passage is adapted to be expanded to receive a pipe ofrelatively larger diameter.

7. The combination with a socket, having a reduced neck portion, athimble within the socket and having a flange resting upon the reducedportion of the socket, a rubber tube passing into the reduced portion ofthe socket, and expanded over the thimble, a rubber gasket within thesocket and having elongated recesses surrounding the opening therein,and a flange carried by the socket for holding the gasket in the socket.

8. The combination with a socket having a reduced neck portion having aninwardlyextending flange, a thimble within the socket and having aflange resting upon the reduced portion of the socket, a rubber tubepassing into the reduced portion of the socket and expanded over thethimble, a rubber gasket within the socket and having elongated recessessurrounding the opening therein, and a flange carried by the socket forholding the gasket in the socket.

9. The combination with a socket having a reduced neck portion having aninwardlyextending flange, a thimble within the socket and having aflange resting upon the reduced portion of the socket, a rubber tubepassing into the reduced portion of the socket and expanded over thethimble, a rubber gasket within the socket and having elongated recessesextending inwardly from the outer end and surrounding the openingtherein, and a flange carried by the socket for holding the gasket inthe socket.

10. The combination with a socket, a thimble within said socket andhaving means for preventing it from passing from the socket, a rubbertube passing into the socket and expanded over the thimble, and a rubbergasket within the socket and having longitudinal recesses extendinginwardly from the outer end and surrounding said opening.

11. The combination with a socket having a reduced neck portion havingan inwardlyextending flange, a thimble within the socket and having anoutwardly-extending flange resting upon the reduced portion of thesocket, the said thimble having an elongated reduced portion, a rubbertube passing into the reduced portion of the socket and expanded overthe elongated reduced portion of the thimble, a rubber gasket within thesocket and having elongated recesses extend-v ing inwardly from theouter end and-surrounding the opening therein, and a flange carried bythe socket for holding the gasket therein.

12. The combination with a socket having a reduced neck portion havingan annular recess and an inwardly-extending flange, a

thimble within the socket and having an outwardly-extending flangeresting upon the reduced portion of the socket, a rubber tube passinginto the neck portion of the socket and having its end ending oppositethe annular recess, and expanded over the thimble, a rubber gasketwithin the socket and having its inner end resting against the thimbleand having elongated recesses extending inwardly from the outer end, andsurrounding the opening therein, and a flange carried by the socket forholding the gasket therein.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.HERBERT CLAYTON. Witnesses:

O. O. PATTERSON, FRED J. GANs.

